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It's well-known by now that virtually everyone in the hardware and chip business has been trying to diversify their manufacturing, to not be so dependent on Taiwan and China. Apple is one of those companies, having started shifting part of its iPhone production to India four years ago. However, Foxconn, the company...
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A few weeks ago, we warned about the security dangers posed by stalkerware apps. We specifically mentioned that they are not only dangerous for victims, but also for stalkers, and a newly published report only reinforces those claims. Security researchers have found that the Catwatchful stalkerware app exposes...
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Microsoft’s Xbox division is currently going through a rough patch, where even the future of its gaming chief Phil Spencer is in question. The company is making cuts in personnel across its gaming division and outright shutting down some of its development studios. Despite its storied history, Blizzard hasn’t been...
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Back when we wrote our Nintendo Switch 2 review roundup, we noted that variable refresh rate (VRR) display output was not supported by the official dock, and we posited the idea that perhaps using a third-party dock or simply a USB-C to DisplayPort cable could enable VRR output from the Switch 2. It seems that won't...
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Google is expanding the availabilitiy of its Gemini Gems AI "experts" which are now integrated directly into Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
Gems help users by offering personalized AI support for writing, coding, planning, and more. Aside from the pre-made Gems in Gemini, you can also create...
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We truly are back in the glorious days of 2012-ish, when "thin" was the keyword in the smartphone world, and people would happily use phones that didn't last a day in exchange for them looking like they came out of a sci-fi movie. Everyone got wiser eventually, but any fashion becomes stylish again, and 2025 is the...
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Our cosmic home, the solar system, contains incredible planets and magnificent celestial objects, all held together with the Sun's gravitational embrace. But, from outside the celestial boundaries of this system, an interstellar comet moving at a speed of over 40 miles per second has reportedly pierced its borders...
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NVIDIA has been busy with its AI chips in a world with rapidly increasing demand, to quench the thirst of heavily invested tech corporations. And as such, it may further reduce GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production to focus even more on its more profitable data center products. The launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series...
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For the first time ever, a flagship iPhone (the iPhone 17 Pro Max, specifically) could rock a battery capacity that hits or even exceeds 5,000 mAh, if the latest chatter from a reliable leaker on Weibo turns out to be accurate. And if that is the case, you might find yourself regretting having recently upgraded to the...
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Xbox, Microsoft’s gaming division, has been hit hard with layoffs and studio closures. It comes at a time when the company’s strategy, which shifts some of the focus away from its first-party hardware to one where anything can be an Xbox, is under doubt by fans. That doubt now extends to whether current CEO Phil...
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Amazon is getting ready to host its next Prime Day event, which will run from July 8 (starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT) through July 11 for 96 hours of deals. It's set to be the longest Prime Day sales event ever, and it's now less than a week away. However, there are lots of deals to be had right now, including a whole...
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Transcend is trotting out a new top-of-the-line solid state drive (SSD) with some impressive speed metrics, at least on paper (we haven't spent any hands-on time with it yet), and it's probably deserving of a more exciting name. As it stands, Transcend's new flagship model is simply called MTE260S. What do all those...
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Some Android users may now be able to edit RCS messages sent to iPhones, which is a welcome addition brought about by the Rich Communication Services (RCS).
iPhone users are already able to edit messages sent to fellow iPhone users. This was not the case on Android until an update was released about a year ago. But...
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Minecraft continues to evolve, riding high on the success of the recent, blockbuster film adaptation. Developer Mojang is looking to keep things fresh with its latest update, which makes a once useless resource something more valuable and brings back a mob that was cast out after the Minecraft Mob Vote back in...
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A new gene therapy has shown promising results in restoring hearing to children, teens, and even a young adult born with a rare form of inherited deafness. Researchers in China tested the treatment on ten patients aged between 18 months and nearly 24 years old, all of whom have a genetic condition called "autosomal...
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Nintendo is an aggressive company when it comes to protecting its valuable IP. It’s unafraid to flex its legal muscle against competitors or even its own users, as evidenced by the End User License Agreement (EULA) newly minted Switch 2 owners must agree to. The Brazilian government, however, is taking issue with some...
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Most social media apps allow users to message each other directly, but Threads has lacked this feature until now. In a recent blog post, Meta revealed that Threads users can now send and receive direct messages (DMs) within the Threads app, from followers on Threads and Instagram who are 18 or older. With this new...
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It's been a hot minute since NVIDIA released the RTX 5060 Ti and AMD let the RX 9060 XT out of the bag. Both of these cards are available in with 8 GB and 16 GB of VRAM, and the fact the 8 GB versions could be hamstrung by a lack of VRAM has been the subject of much online discussion, given the performance bracket the...
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Rockstar Games has just dropped what might be the weirdest Red Dead Online patch yet. Titled Strange Tales of the West, the "weird West"-themed update adds a series of Telegram Missions featuring everything supernatural, from shambling undead in Armadillo to murderous automata lurking around Braithwaite Manor. It's an...
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Reports of overheating have surfaced of the highly-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, which claim that units are suffering from various issues in some popular games.
This issue came to light today thanks to a post at the NintendoSoup fan site. We did our own digging around Reddit and X, however, and the reports seem...
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PlayStation fans have some more eye candy en route via a PlayStation 5 Pro upgrade coming in 2026. According to lead PS5 graphics architect Mark Cerny, the collaboration with AMD GPUs has proved fruitful for the console. Thus, we're likely to see some impressive upgrades coming next for the PS5 Pro.
We're not...
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You should always be suspicious of unsolicited communications via email, text, and phone calls, especially if you are being asked to provide any kind of personal information. That falls under the category of Safe Computing 101. Lest anyone need reminding, however, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reminding...
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